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CVE-2025-8900: The Doccure Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-8900· Critical 9.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical · fixed in 1.5.4 : patch versions as a priority.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:45 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Affects
versions prior to 1.5.4
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A fixed version 1.5.4 or later should be applied to remediate this vulnerability. Until patched, restrict user registration or implement additional validation controls to prevent unauthorized role assignment.

Description

The Doccure Core plugin for WordPress contains a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in versions prior to 1.5.4. This flaw allows unauthenticated users registering new accounts to specify their user role via the 'user_type' field, enabling them to assign themselves administrator privileges.

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